But I was definitely influenced by the movies that I grew up on, these great character studies of the ’70s.
I mean, we were watching a lot of musicals, [co-writer] Scott [Silver] and I, when we were writing [Joker].”
While speaking at the Venice Film Festival press conference, Phillips opened up once again about the character study ideals that he wanted to replicate with Joker.
And if you get a great actor and great people behind it, we could really do something special.”